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COMMODITIES/USDA
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
Steps Involved in Commodity Ordering
If you receive commodities directly from USDA vendors, you need to know the status of your orders in real time. Come learn how to distinguish a planned commodity delivery order from an actual delivery order, as well as how to track your inbound USDA commodity shipments.
Understanding Procurement
USDA is currently developing procurement training tools and resources for state agency staff and operators. During this session, you will have the opportunity to ask pressing questions and express your concerns in the procurement arena.
HOT TOPICS
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
Generational Dynamics: The Multi-Generational Work Environment and Customer
John Ansbach, an expert on generational dynamics, will discuss characteristics of people from different generations and how that impacts their working
style and their response to marketing and branding messages. Take home key strategies for developing messages that resonate with particular groups, as
well as insight on how to make your multi-generational workplace effective for everyone.
NUTRITION
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
Nutrition Benefits: Probiotics and Functional Foods
Fermented and cultured foods may well represent our first experience with what researchers now call “functional foods”–foods that actively promote optimal health. Learn how to get the most benefit from the foods you eat, in what foods you find “probiotics” and other beneficial “functional foods.”
Top Nutrition Trends Among Students
Nutrition preferences among children and teens are becoming more and more sophisticated, with external influences playing enormous roles, both negative and positive. This session will bring you up to speed on the latest trends, what’s to come and how to keep up while maintaining nutrition integrity.
PROFESSIONAL SKILL BUILDING
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
Energizing Openers and Closers for Effective Meetings
Need ideas for running a more effective chapter or staff meeting? This session will demonstrate how effective energizers can enhance learning and training, strengthening application and retention of subject matter. Parliamentary procedure also will be discussed.
Recipes for Success: SNA Membership Tips
The SNA Member Services Committee will share the benefits of SNA membership, as well as retention and recruitment ideas. Attendees will be encouraged
to help share ideas for increasing membership.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
Purchasing: Your Time, Your Products
Vendors are important partners, and setting aside a specific day and time to meet with vendors on a monthly basis assures your full attention. This session
will help you gain control over time spent meeting with vendors and other industry partners by providing templates for scheduling, nutritional analysis,
evaluation and feedback forms.
PUBLIC POLICY AND LEGISLATION
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
The State’s Role in Implementing Local Wellness Policies
A glaring omission from Section 204 of the Child Nutrition and Women, Infants, and Children Reauthorization Act is any federal enforcement mechanism; thus, it is entirely up to the states and school food authorities to implement and enforce local wellness policies. With so much leeway, states have taken different approaches to ensuring compliance with the law. This session will examine some exemplary approaches.
WELLNESS: MIND, BODY AND SOUL
1:15 pm–2:15 pm
Connecting Classroom, Cafeterias, Farmers and Parents
This presentation will demonstrate how to collaborate with teachers, parents and local farmers to address school wellness policy nutrition education efforts. Participants will see the benefits of using consistent messaging to reinforce health messages in several environments and increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables in school meals.
Fitness Is Forever
This session will review school wellness implementation in Nevada, a largely rural state with a diversity of population extremes. With a commitment to Nevada’s children, shareholders statewide chose to step upon a path leading to the enhancement of school wellness opportunities. Come learn more about this project, from initial engagement to education and community collaboration.
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